Currently, they are the only true nomadic people left in Eritrea and take pride in their ability to keep up with their livestock. Rashaida people make up five percent of the population of Eritrea of about 3.75 million people. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Rashaida women are famous for their black-and-red geometrically patterened dresses, and their burkas (long, heavy veils) elaborately embroidered with silver thread, beads and sometimes seed perals.

Within the southeast Highlands of the Great Rift Valley, there is a nation of people called the Sidama. As avid coffee drinkers and enset eaters, the Sidama cultivate these crops for their lives, using some of the world’s oldest farming techniques, which honor not only the earth, but also themselves.🇪🇹#ethiopien#habeshastyle#hagere#sidama#addisababa#weloveyou#